COA cited as region’s top ranked college for economic diversity among students
College of the Atlantic has the highest ranking among major colleges in northern New England for having the greatest economic diversity among its students, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
By Lincoln Millstein | The Quietside Journal
COA ranked 32 out of 286 of the “most-selective colleges in the country, defined by Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges and other metrics,” the Times stated.
Maine’s other private colleges on the list did poorly. Bates College was tied for last place with Tulane, Oberlin and Fairfield University. Colby was 230, and Bowdoin 207. University of Maine made the Top 100 at No. 63. Other Northern New England schools were University of New Hampshire at 117, Dartmouth at 186 and University of Vermont at 220.
In all of New England, only Hampshire College outranked COA at No. 16.